Chapter 9

Athena said her last goodbyes to Vegeta and Nappa. Then she went off to see Raditz. He was starting to come out of it, but he was still asleep. She wrote him an apology note and set off of the distant planet. It was in some weird language so she couldn't read it. She entered the coordinates into her ship and was off. She took out her little device and look at it. It was a mini digital camera. The way she made it, it was so small that you could barely see it without a magnifying glass. When you press this little button on the side, it expands into a full size camera. The camera got lots of pictures of the others. She pressed the button and it retracted; then she slipped it into her pocket. A few minutes later she fell asleep. She was asleep for about 6 hours when she finally arrived at her destination.

She took a deep breath and said, "It's about time. Now all I have to do is make it look like I tried and failed."

She landed on the planet. When she got out there was already an army of people waiting for her. She raised her hands in the air, "Please, I don't want any trouble."

They turned to each other and spoke. Athena didn't know what they were saying because it was in some ancient language. One stepped forward, "I speak in your tongue, and will translate for you. Now, what is it you came here for?"

She bowed her head, "To escape the wrath of Freiza."

"Freiza!" he shouted. "He has been pestering us for decades! He has sent many people to exterminate us, but they all failed. If you seek protection, you are in good hands."

She smiled and said, "No, I don't need protection. I crashed into his ship and joined him. I didn't really want to, but I had no choice. He sent me on a solo mission to this planet. I don't have the heart to kill any one unless they try to kill me first. So I ask of you, to do battle with me. Make it look like you killed me. I fear that his henchmen may be watching me."

The creature looked to the side and thought a moment. He turned to his people and explained what was going on. He talked it over with them for a while, and then walked back over to Athena to tell her what they decided. "We have decided to help you. You will do battle with me and we will make it look like we destroyed you."

Athena smiled and bowed her head, "Thank you so much." She turned around and looked to the sky. "We must begin at once. Zarbon is approaching."

They both got into fighting positions. In no time they were in the air fighting it out. They were putting on a spectacular show. They really didn't punch that hard, they didn't want to hurt each other, but every now and then it got a little out of control. They made it seem like Athena was winning in the beginning, but towards the end she slowed down a bit. Once though, she accidentally hit the creature in the head a little to hard. The blow sent him hurling into the ground. He didn't move for a while. She was afraid that she killed him. The dust cleared; there was a big crater. She looked for him nervously. He shot up after a few moments. She sighed with relief when he did the same to her. They started to fight on land now. They both picked up weapons that were lying on the ground. Athena had a sword and the creature had a spear. Athena got ready to charge. She let out a cry as she ran at him. When she got close enough, the creature hurled the sword at her. It hit her in the stomach. It wasn't a fatal wound, but it hurt really bad. She fell to her knees, making it look like she was hurt really bad. A few moments later, she fell to the side and masked her energy so that Zarbon thought she was dead.

Zarbon snickered, "I knew she wouldn't be able to do it." He turned and went back to his ship to report to Freiza the news.

Once she sensed that he was gone she got up and pulled the spear out of her. "Mother fucker! That's going to hurt in the morning."

The creature ran to her side, "Are you ok? I didn't mean to throw it that hard"

She started to laugh, "That's...ehh… ok." She grabbed her stomach, "It hurts, but I have endured more than this in my life." She got up and thanked him. "Oh," she said, "I never got your name"

"You might not be able to pronounce it in my tongue, but in your tongue it is Ralph."

She smiled, "Ralph. I'm Athena. Thank you so much for what you did for me."

They bowed once again. Then Ralph said, "Any enemy of Freiza, is a friend of ours."

Athena smiled, then turned to her ship and walked away. 'I might as well go back to Earth. Just to make sure things go the way they should,' she thought to herself. So she set her coordinates to Earth and was on her way.

2 days later she finally arrived on Earth. She decided that she would go to Goku's house.

She got there and knocked on his door. He opened it and Athena gave him a big hug, "How have you been these past few days?"

Goku didn't recognize her with her hair a different color, "Sorry miss, but I think you have the wrong house."

She pushed him away, "You idiot, it's me, Athena. You know the person you saved from the lake."

Goku tiled his head, "No I don't…. Oh yea! Now I remember. How are you?"

"I'm thank you. I have had a bad few days, but it's all good," she said with a smile.

"Why don't you come in, were about to have lunch," He said as he pulled her in the doorway. "Hey Chi-Chi, look, it's the woman that I saved from the lake a couple of days ago."

Athena went over to greet her, but Chi-Chi didn't realize she was there and turned around and hit her wound with the broom she had. It was very painful and Athena grabbed her stomach. She leaned on the wall for a few moments. When the pain went away she turned around to see all of them staring at her. She looked at them, "…Owe."

"What was that all about," Chi-Chi said.

"Oh…umm… nothing you just hit a wound that I have on my stomach. Nothing much though."

She grabbed her hand, "Well it looked like it hurt a lot to just be nothing. Come, let's have a look at it."

Athena grabbed her hand, "No really, it's not that bad."

"Chi-Chi looked at her, "I will be the judge of that. Now lift up your shirt."

"No really, I can treat it myself. Look, I have a big pride and I don't like the help of others when it comes to this kind of stuff." She shrugged her shoulders, "I'm a sayin, and it's what we do."

Chi-Chi looked at her, "Big pride or not you need to treat that wound. And judging by the amount of blood on your shirt, you need stitches."

"What!" she shouted as she looked down at her shirt that was drenched in blood. "I can do it. It's ok."

Goku came up behind her and knocked her out.

Chi-Chi yelled at him, "Was that really necessary!"

Goku laughed, "Well now you can treat her, so what are you complaining about."

"What ever," Chi-Chi said.